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| Table of Figures | |
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| Foreword to the Second Edition | |
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| Preface | |
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| Why Does This Book Exist? | |
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| How Has the Market Changed Since the First Edition? | |
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| The Impact of the Consumer Computer Industry | |
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| What's New in the Second Edition? | |
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| Who Is This Book Written For? | |
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| How Should This Book Be Used? | |
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| North American Perspective | |
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| Disclaimer | |
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| Inevitable (Not Planned) Obsolescence | |
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| Web Page | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| First Edition | |
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| Second Edition | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What Are Live Entertainment Control Systems? | |
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| What Is Show Control? | |
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| What Is a Standard? | |
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| Show Disciplines | |
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| The Basics | |
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| General Control Concepts | |
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| Outputs and Inputs | |
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| Cues or Continuous Control | |
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| Event-Based or Time-Based | |
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| Relative or Absolute | |
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| Open Loop or Closed Loop | |
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| Centralized or Distributed | |
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| Control Hierarchy | |
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| Logic Functions | |
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| Operating Systems | |
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| Electrical Control System Basics | |
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| Sensors and Switches | |
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| Contact Closures | |
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| Contact Nomenclature | |
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| Galvanic and Optical Isolation | |
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| Numbering Systems | |
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| Base 10 (Decimal) Notation | |
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| Base 2 (Binary) Notation | |
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| Base 16 (Hexadecimal) Notation | |
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| Binary-Coded Decimal Notation | |
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| Converting Number Bases | |
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| Sample Numbers in Different Formats | |
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| Data Communications | |
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| General Datacom Concepts | |
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| American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) | |
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| Bandwidth | |
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| Bits Per Second | |
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| Multiplexing | |
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| Point-to-Point or Multipoint/Multidrop | |
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| Communications Mode | |
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| Baseband or Broadband | |
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| Transmission/Modulation Methods | |
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| Error Correction | |
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| Flow Control | |
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| Physical Communications Media | |
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| Electricity | |
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| Light | |
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| Radio | |
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| Point-to-Point Interfaces | |
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| Interface Types | |
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| TIA/EIA Serial Standards | |
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| Production Element Control | |
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| Lighting | |
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| Lighting Control Equipment | |
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| Analog (0-10V) Control | |
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| AMX192 | |
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| DMX512 | |
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| Other Lighting Control Standards | |
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| Networks for Lighting Control | |
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| Lasers | |
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| Laser System Components | |
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| ILDA Standards | |
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| SMPTE Time Code, MIDI | |
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| Sound | |
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| Centralization | |
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| Sound Control Equipment | |
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| Infrared | |
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| Contact Closures | |
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| EIA Serial Standards | |
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| Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) | |
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| Manufacturer-Specific Control Systems | |
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| Audio Engineering Society AES-24 | |
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| Networks for Audio Data Distribution and Control | |
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| Video | |
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| Video Equipment | |
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| SMPTE Time Code | |
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| Infrared | |
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| Contact Closures/General Purpose Interfaces | |
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| EIA Serial Standards | |
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| Pioneer LDP/DVD Control Protocol | |
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| Sony "9-Pin" Protocol | |
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| Odetics Video Disk Recorder Protocol | |
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| ES-Bus | |
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| MIDI Machine Control | |
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| Computer Presentation | |
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| Presentation Systems | |
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| Control Approaches | |
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| Film Projection | |
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| Slide Equipment | |
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| Kodak Projector Interfaces | |
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| P-Com Protocol | |
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| Other Standards Used for Slide Control | |
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| Motion-Picture Projection | |
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| Stage Machinery | |
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| Sensing | |
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| Motion Profiling | |
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| Machinery Controllers | |
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| Drive Devices | |
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| Standard Interconnection Methods | |
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| Commercial Entertainment Machinery-Control Systems | |
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| Interfacing with Machinery Systems | |
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| Animatronics | |
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| Animatronic Effects | |
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| Animatronic Control Systems | |
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| Control Standards Used in Animatronics | |
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| Fog, Smoke, Fire, and Water | |
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| Fog and Smoke Equipment | |
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| Fire and Water | |
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| Control Standards Used for Fog, Smoke, Fire, and Water | |
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| Pyrotechnics | |
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| Pyrotechnic Control | |
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| Control Standards Used in Pyro | |
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| Putting It Together: Standards for Connecting Systems | |
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| SMPTE Time Code | |
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| Audio/Visual Synchronization | |
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| Live Entertainment Time-Code Applications | |
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| Time-Code Types | |
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| Time-Code Formats | |
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| Practical SMPTE Time Code | |
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| SMPTE Time-Code Hardware | |
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| Other Time Codes | |
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| MIDI Time Code | |
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| MTC Messages | |
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| SMPTE User Bits in MIDI Time Code | |
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| Practical MIDI Time Code | |
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| MIDI Show Control | |
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| MSC Command Structure | |
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| Recommended Minimum Sets | |
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| MSC Commands | |
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| Limitations of MIDI Show Control | |
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| Two-Phase Commit | |
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| MIDI Show Control 1.2? | |
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| MIDI Machine Control | |
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| MMC Systems | |
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| Command/Response Structure of MMC | |
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| MMC Motion Control | |
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| MMC Message Structure | |
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| Common MMC Commands | |
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| SDX | |
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| Why SDX? | |
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| Data Specs | |
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| SDX Data Block Types | |
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| Current Uses of SDX | |
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| Networks Used for Entertainment Applications | |
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| General Network Concepts | |
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| Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) Model | |
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| Network Types | |
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| LAN Topologies | |
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| LAN Hardware | |
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| Basic Network Control Schemes | |
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| Common Network Protocols | |
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| TCP/IP, UDP/IP | |
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| Simple Network Management Protocol | |
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| TelNet | |
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| IEEE 802.3--"Ethernet" | |
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| Logical Link Control (LLC) | |
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| Media Access Control (MAC) | |
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| Segments/Collision Domain/Network Diameter | |
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| Physical Details | |
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| Switched Ethernet | |
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| Ethernet Networks for Entertainment | |
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| Entertainment Lighting Ethernet Implementations | |
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| Entertainment Audio Ethernet Implementations | |
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| Other Entertainment Ethernet Implementations | |
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| Other LANs | |
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| Echelon LonWorks | |
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| Universal Serial Bus--USB | |
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| IEEE 1394-"FireWire" | |
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| ESTA Advanced Control Network (ACN)? | |
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| High-Performance Networks | |
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| Systems | |
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| System Design Concepts | |
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| John's Design Principles | |
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| Control System Safety and Reliability | |
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| Typical Commercial Show-Controllers | |
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| Show-Controllers | |
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| Related Controllers | |
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| Show Control System Examples | |
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| General System Design Considerations | |
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| A Theatrical Thunderstorm | |
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| The Mission | |
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| The Equipment | |
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| Show-Control Script | |
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| Approach 1 | |
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| Approach 2 | |
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| Approach 3 | |
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| Put on a Happy Face | |
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| The Mission | |
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| The Equipment | |
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| Approach 1 | |
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| Approach 2 | |
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| Film at 11 | |
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| The Mission | |
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| The Equipment | |
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| Show-Control Script | |
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| Approach 1 | |
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| Approach 2 | |
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| Ten-Pin Alley | |
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| The Mission | |
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| The Equipment | |
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| The Approach | |
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| Show-Control Script | |
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| It's an Itchy World after All | |
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| The Mission | |
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| The Equipment | |
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| The Approach | |
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| Show-Control Script | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Predictions | |
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| Web Site | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Useful Tables | |
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| Decimal/Hex/Binary/ASCII | |
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| DMX Universes | |
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| System Troubleshooting Guidelines | |
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| Contact Information | |
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| Mailing List | |
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| Entertainment Organizations | |
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| Other Related Organizations | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| General Entertainment Technology | |
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| General SMPTE and MIDI | |
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| Data Communications/Networking | |
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| Index | |